Chinese Character 蛭 Meanings and components.

Form

蛭

Meaning

蛭 meaning[3] in English

Fluke.

Leech.

Hirudinea.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蛭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and to arrive (至)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with LIMIG

How to write 蛭

To write蛭zhi4fluke you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 至zhi4to arrive arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 至 = 蛭

蛭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蛭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蛭, looks as follow:

蛭
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fluke . Leech . Hirudinea
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
至
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: To Arrive . Most . To . Until
𠫔
Pinyin:𠫔5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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